Eduardo Arroyo is a multi-talent; not just a painter, but also an author and stage designer. Arroyo views himself as a European citizen, and draws from art history for his work. However, literature, the worlds of comics, boxing and his own ideas – the man in a hat, the chimney-sweep, shoes, figures in silhouette, and featureless faces – provide him with an extensive repertoire for his flat, stylish pictures, which in addition to a certain absurd humour also contain a serious profundity and an enigmatic dimension.
Biography
1937 born in Madrid
1963 member of the committee "Salon de la Jeune Peinture", Paris
1967 participation at the "Salón de Mayo", Havanna
since 1969 numerous works as stage designer
1975 DAAD scholarship, West Berlin
1977 participation at the documenta 6, Kassel
1983 "Grand Prix National de la Peinture", Spain
lives and works in Paris and Madrid
